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The body growing its own plumbing — new blood vessels sprouting to feed what's there.
means The process by which new blood vessels form from existing ones, supplying tissue — or a tumor — with blood and nutrients.
from Built from Greek angeion, 'vessel' (the same root behind 'angiogram' and 'angioplasty'), plus genesis, 'creation, origin.' Scientists coined it in the 20th century to describe vessel formation specifically, as the field of cancer research began focusing on how tumors recruit their own blood supply to grow — a discovery that turned starving tumors of their vessels into a major strategy in medicine.
- tumor trick
- Cancers hijack it to grow their own blood supply
- starve the enemy
- Blocking it is a real cancer treatment strategy
- everyday version
- Wounds heal because vessels regrow to the damaged area
- embryo origin
- First vessels form before birth, from scratch, no template